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J. J. GROSHANS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Leners Patent No. 89,215, dated April' 20, 1869.

MPROVEMENT IN COUNTING REGISTER FOR PAPER-RULING MACHINES The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the uma.

To all'whofm. it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. J. GROSHANS, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in lndicators for Paper-Ruling Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descrip,

tion thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

.Figure l is a perspective view of the whole device, with eontrivance for fastening to a ruling-machine.

Figure 2 is a viewl of the indicating parts, with the back of the case removed.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

My invention consists in providing an indicator, at-v tached to a ruling-machine, that will automatically count the sheets as fast as they are ruled, and register the number of them on the dial-of the same, as will be hereinafter fully explained.

In the -drawings- A represents the case of the indicator, havingA a dial-plate, B, the outer circle of figures being marked from l to 100, and the smaller, 1 to l0, both having index-hands, a representing the larger, and b the smaller.-

The large hand, a, is set on a pin, c, which passesthrough a wheel, 0(inside the case, as. shown iu fig. 2,) having just one hundred teeth to correspond with the marks ou the large circle of the dial-plate.

On one of the arms or spokes of the wheel is set an outward1y-projecting pin, d, which, on each revolution of the wheel, comes in contact with a single tooth of a small. wheel, D, having ten teeth, said wheel running in flame e, which is firmly attached, at its upper end, to a frame-piece, E, in which lruns the pivot c of the large wheel C.

An arm, G, is attached to the inside of the back, F, ofthe case, and extends down below said case.

To this is pivoted, atj, a lever, g, having, at its lowerend, a finger, h.

This finger projects down just below a projecting grooved cani-wheel, 1', ruiming in frame j, attached to -end of arm G.

.A pawl, k, is pivoted' to the top of lever g, and is kept up in contact with theteeth of' the large wheel by means of spring l.

' Another spring, mi, is fastened to the lower part of the lever, to throw it back when it has been Dressedy of' the indicator, a thumb-screw allowing it to be adjusted up or down. as required.

The operation is as follows:

As each sheet of paper passes out from the rulingmachine, its edge strikes against the extreme end of finger 71., as shown in red lines, pressing it and the spring m back into the groove of wheel t', where it rests until the sheet passes entirely out, when the finger, by means of said spring m, is thrown back into place, ready for the next sheet.

As the finger h is pressed back, it pushes the upper end of lever g forward, which forces the pawl k against the tooth it rests against, and pushes the wheel forward just one tooth. This turns the large index-hand a forward just one mark on the dial, indicating one sheet is going through.

As soon as the sheet has passed out, and the finger h. disengaged, it ies back in place and releases the .pawl k, which slides back to next tooth, where it is kept by spring l pressed against said tooth, until the next sheet strikes the'nger, which presses the wheel forward another tooth, as before described, while the spring pawl H prevents the wheel from falling back.-

When one hundred sheets have passed and been registered, the pin d strikes against and turns one tooth of the small wheel D, the pin of which projects through the dial-plate, and moves the index-hand b,

eating one hundred.

The operation is certainand simple, and saves a great deal of time and labor in counting by hand,l as is now done.

This indicator differs from those for other purposes, inasmuch as the parts require a special construction and arrangement to adapt them to be acted upon by a thin sheet of paper. The linger h and spring m are essential to'accomplish this result.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. For the purposes of an indicator for paper-ruling machines, the spring finger h,.haviug its lower end free, and adapted to be struck by the paper, and 'its upper end carrying a spring pawl, substantially as described.

2. In combination therewith, the grooved wheel i substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. In combination with the spring finger h, the toothed wheels C D, pin d, and hands aand b, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

'J J. GROSHANS.

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